After years of looking for help dealing with her son’s aggressive mood swings and ADD, Jaimie McClare never would have guessed that cooking classes were the answer. A little over a year ago, with tears rolling down her cheeks and still wearing her pyjama pants, […]
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Crude Power: Oil, Money and Influence in Saskatchewan
Crude Power: An investigation into oil, money and influence in Saskatchewan
Human rights investigators express concerns over Mexico’s torture epidemic
Eleven worldwide human rights organizations wrote a letter to the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico dated March 9, 2017 calling on the adoption of the General Law on Torture that complies with international standards.
U.S. immigration detainees forced to work
Immigrants held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Denver Contract Detention Facility have alleged that the private prison forced them to work for $1 per day. This suit was first filed back in 2014, but has now been awarded class-action status.
Dalits convert from Hinduism to Buddhism to escape discrimination
Dalits, India’s outcast group who are often socially and economically discriminated, are rising to reform the caste system. Some Dalits are converting from Hinduism to Buddhism to escape the inequality that is engraved within the caste system.
Work visas enable human trafficking in Qatar
Kafala law in Qatar perpetuates a system of human trafficking, where Immigrants become a “commodity in a profit generating system.” In Qatar it is estimated that there are 1.8 million migrant workers, and 1,000 die every year.
Seattle activist group leads first successful campaign to defund police
In September 2016 the Block the Bunker campaign in Seattle was the first to persuade American city officials to divest police funding and allocate more for community services.
FCC chairman furthers network industry monopoly over video services
An investigation launched by the FCC on Jan. 17, 2017 concluded that AT&T and Verizon were in violation of the Open Internet Order and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 for providing favourable pricing for their zero-rate service to their in-house content providers.
China fails to protect students with disabilities from discrimination
On February 23, 2017 the Chinese government released an updated version of the Regulations of Education of Persons with Disabilities that still leaves students with disabilities vulnerable to discrimination.
